#9B242E#9B242E

#9B242E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.154 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B242E
RGB	rgb(155, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 70.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, 48.81, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 54.60, 26.62°)
OKLab	oklab(45.74% 0.1435 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(45.74% 0.154 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6432, 8.4298, 3.4403)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B242E #249B91

analogous

#9B246A #9B242E #9B5624

triadic

#9B242E #2E9B24 #242E9B

tetradic

#9B242E #6A9B24 #249B91 #56249B

square

#9B242E #6A9B24 #249B91 #56249B

split-complementary

#9B242E #249B56 #246A9B

monochromatic

#380D11 #69181F #9B242E #CD303D #DA5F6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#9B242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#9B242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B242E

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B242E	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47422D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.154 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06966',
    500: '#9b242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b242e;
$custom-light: #c06966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.958,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45742,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B242E

secondary

#5CBFB7

accent

#E5D842

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9EBEB

border

#D2C6C6

text

#140706

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B242E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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